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Inscriptions of "Jingding brand", "Oi Tao (pottery)", "GUilin" on Purple Clay Teapots

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

"Jingding brand" is a registered trade mark of a company which engaged in Yixing top quality pottery especially at beginning of 20th century. Its location was at Changqiao in Yixing,...

Inscription of "Chen Dinghe Pottery Company" on Purple Clay Teapots

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

"Chen Dinghe" is a name of Company which engaged in Yixing pottery especially at beginning of 20th century. Manager named Chen Yuanming, who was born in Yixing, started company at...

The Inscriptions of Export Purple Clay Teapots in Late-Qing Dynasty

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

At beginning of twenty century, Yixing purple clay teapots got a flourishing period. At that time, who controlled the Yixing Zisha teapots were not the scholars but the Shanghai industrialists....

The Southern Seas Industrial Association Souvenirs and the Inscription of "Guangyu" On Purple Clay Teapots

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

During April 28th to Oct 10th in Xuantong next 2 years, Qing Dynast (1910), the Qing government hold the first Southern Seas Industrial Association in Nanjing, promoted by the official...

Inscription of Tung King Shun Factory, in Weihaiwei On Purple Clay Teapots

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

Weihaiwei, is located at southeast of Shangtung Peninsula,south to Yellow Sea,it was a fishing village in ancient times. It was named as "Shi Luo" in Han Dynasty, named "Qingquan Chuan"...

Inscriptions of Made by Zhening Yucheng Kilns On Purple Clay Teapots

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

The Exquisite Records of Yixing Teapots published by Taiwan National Museum of History, with an inscription of "made by Zhening Yucheng kilns" the book considered the Zhening Yucheng kilns as...

ARY. DE. MILDE, Galloping Inscription On Purple Clay Teapots

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

This one was used in imitations of Yixing teapots of The Holland during the late-17th century and early-18th century . In the 17th century, accompanied with the prevalent of tea-trade...

Inscriptions of "Mansheng Inscribes", "Pengnian", "Amantuo Studio" On Purple Clay Teapots

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

Chen Hongshou(1768 - 1822), surname is Zigong, called as Mansheng or Mangong, Gongshou, Plant Elm Old Holy Man, Taoist priest, he was born in Qiantang. To be an official magistrate...

Inscription of Purple Clay Teapots in QianLong Period

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

Because the favor of tea-drinking for Emperor QianLong, lots of places made purple clay teapots as articles of tribute, lots of them are requisite and rich changes in decorations. In...

Inscription of "made during the QianLong period, Qing Dynasty" on Purple Clay Teapots

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

The purple clay teapots sent into royal court during the middle and late- Qing Dynasty. Because of the Emperor Kangxi focus on enamel colored porcelain with great passions, to make...

Hui Mengchen's Purple Clay Teapots Inscription and Its Imitations

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

Hui Mengchen is a very important potter in history of Yixing Zisha teapots. Especially in southern Fujian, people drunk tea with Mengchen pot mostly, and Chaozhou people drunk the Kongfu...

Inscriptions of "Made by Jingxi Hua Fengxiang" on Purple Clay Teapots

August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets

Jingxi, sit at south of Yixing, called for it is next to the Jiangnan Mountain, this one is the name of place, A famous scholar named Zhang Dai visited tea...